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Anoscopy With Biopsy

Utah rates for HCPCS 46606

This is an examination of the anal canal and lowest part of the rectum using a short, rigid scope, during which a small tissue sample is taken for laboratory analysis. It is used to evaluate abnormal-appearing tissue, such as a growth or suspicious area, found during a visual exam. The procedure is brief and typically done in an office setting.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Anoscopy With Biopsy cost?

$2,190

Typical total for the visit. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,190 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $240 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,950 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$240$191 to $288
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,950$302 to $3,388

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $100 to $4,571Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $91 to $363
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,950professional $240

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$371.54
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$309.03
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,548.13
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$398.11
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$537.03
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$371.54
5 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$27.54

Where Utah sits

The same service costs 9.0 times more in Colorado than in Montana. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Utah· 8th of 51

$2,190

$240 physician + $1,950 facility

CO $4,579MT $507

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.